Paul prayed ceaselessly for those who truly appreciate the incredible riches and grace God gives those who have belief, love, and faith in Jesus Christ, in his letter to the Colossians 1:9-22. It is an incredibly powerful prayer for seekers.
Paul first itemizes the wondrous blessings Christ Jesus has promised us. Next, the amazing characteristics of who Christ truly is. Then finishes with a description of our glorious redemption for our faithful patience in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Presented in first person for you to recite and pray back to Father God. Make it part of your daily communion with the Lord. Let us pray…
Oh heavenly Father, fill me with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
That by your will I walk worthily and pleasing to the Lord; being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Oh Father, strengthen me in all patience and long suffering with joyfulness, according to the Lord’s glorious power.
I thank you Father for making me a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light.
For you have delivered me from the power of darkness.
You have transformed me back into the kingdom of your dear Son.
Your dear Son, Lord Jesus, in whom I have redemption through his blood; in whom I have the forgiveness of sins.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.
By him all things were created that are in heaven and in earth; both visible and invisible; whether thrones, dominions, principalities, or powers.
All things were created by your dear Son, Father, and for him.
He is before all things and by him all things consist.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the head of the body, the church.
He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead.
He is preeminent and in all things.
It pleased you Father that in him should all fullness dwell.
Having made peace between God and man through the blood of his cross;
Lord Jesus reconciled all things unto himself; whether of earth, or of heaven.
And because of my faith and enduring patience, he will present me holy, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
I thank you, dear Father. In the name of Jesus, Amen. — vkw
Full text Colossians 1:9-22 (KJV)
9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: — Colossians 1:9-22
